Keith Olbermann Says Goodbye To Turd Blossom

Countdown-Rove-Resign With Karl Roves sudden announcement that he would be stepping down at the end of August, you knew this was coming. On tonight's "Countdown" Keith talks with Newsweek's Howard Fineman about Rove's disturbing and delusional presser this afternoon before departing and what lies ahead for President Bush -- and his Brain.

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Fineman: "The silence has been deafening from Republicans. From Republican presidential contenders, from members of Congress who by the way, are out of town, another good reason for Rove to leave now. I haven't heard a word from any Republican leader about Karl Rove because they don't like Karl Rove. And the reason they don' t like Karl Rove is that his soul focus has been on George Bush. This notion that Karl Rove's aim was to build a new Republican majority, ala McKinley, is ridiculous. His only mission was to get George Bush elected. He did it twice, and didn't really care a whole lot about the Congress, Republicans included."

"George Bush is counting the minutes till he gets out of town. I always felt about George Bush -- that he wanted to win desperately, I'm not sure he really wanted to be president and he's looking enviously at Karl Rove as he heads back to Texas."



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Frischimpeach them all

Good riddance

The democrats have caved in on many issues. Even thou they could have stopped or delayed the laws from being passed. Like that FISA deal. HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?

I honestly dont care. They wont do anything about net neutrality and media ownership. I understand they cant do much about net neutrality or media ownership until they get more voting powers but FISA something could have been done.

Now I dont care. Screw the dems and repubs. I at least look up to the repubs just because they stand up for what there nutcase base believes in.

Thats one man that I don't like!!!!!

BY-BY TURD!!!!!!

“George Bush is counting the minutes till he gets out of town. I always felt about George Bush — that he wanted to win desperately, I’m not sure he really wanted to be president and he’s looking enviously at Karl Rove as he heads back to Texas.”

You know, George, if you're that miserable and really want to "get out of Dodge" as it were ... you could always resign.

One more for MC Rove…….Hit it!

The bell on the trolley ding, ding, ding!
The phone on the hook goes ring, ring, ring!

Republican scandals!
Who can keep score?

Now it’s Rove’s out the door!
And Leahy’s back for more!
But who’s that on the floor?
Oh, it’s just Vitter with a DC whore!

Phuck Rove and the woman that bore him!

And double for you, Babs!

“George Bush is counting the minutes till he gets out of town. I always felt about George Bush — that he wanted to win desperately, I’m not sure he really wanted to be president and he’s looking enviously at Karl Rove as he heads back to Texas"

GEORGE BUSH is counting down the minutes?? More like the majority of Americans and the free world that is counting the minutes.

As soon as that shit weed opened his pie hole I turned the video off.
I just couldn't take it, listening to all that crap about, "Oh weren't we
great together...stealing elections and outing a CIA operative and
lying the country into war and all that...oh what good times hah George?!"
PUKE!

Ruthless People @ 8:

“George Bush is counting the minutes till he gets out of town. I always felt about George Bush — that he wanted to win desperately, I’m not sure he really wanted to be president and he’s looking enviously at Karl Rove as he heads back to Texas"

GEORGE BUSH is counting down the minutes?? More like the majority of Americans and the free world that is counting the minutes.

....then we can begin the long hard task of picking up the pieces of what's left of our country, constitution, budget, military and international reputation.

if it wasn't for the msm sucking bushes ass and trashing al gore in 2000, nobody would have ever heard of this asshole.

And every loyal Americans responsiblity is to make George's last 17 months in Washington a living hell on earth. We need to torture him with the disrespect that he so richly deserves. May he forever be haunted by the our utter contempt.

"Joined at the hip"?
Again, ICK.

I hope Rove is as wrong about Hillary's nomination as he was on the results of the 2006 election.

One only has to listen to Hillary's empty rhetoric to know she's not going to change this country for the better. She got bought out. I've had enough presidents who don't give a shit what the people think.

May his final minutes on earth be consumed by the realization that no one will miss him or mourn his passing.

Who goes next --with the best lame excuse:
"family" "health" "change" "lobby's calling"?
My guess is Condi, whose picture is on every milk carton. What DOES she do?

My guess is Condi, whose picture is on every milk carton. What DOES she do?

Most of the time she announces new middle east peace initiatives that have all of the substance of vapor. It is hard to be taken seriously when you are a shill for war criminals.

I don't think Bush will be working towards any dems demise. He can't wait to do absolutely nothing. Presidentin' is hard work.

I wonder, seriously, if people stopped calling him turdblossom, and started introducing him as a suspect involved in ongoing investigations, and a war criminal, every single time they talked about him, if that would help frame anything. Maybe not, probably not. But maybe. Every time in the next week that a democratic or progressive pundit listens to their GOP counterpart say " like him or not one thing about Karl rove is....." instead of sitting there passively they can scream into their face HE IS one of the architects of the occupationin Iraq!!!!!!! and therefore is answerable to a number of war crimes as defined in the GENEVA CONVENTION!!! Really get an about it. We really need to pick something to get really angry about, and watching a monster, killer, sack of shit human being (quote me oreilly you facetious non-debating agenda pushing pawn you) misreprecharachterized as someone who deserves praise rather than a lifetime in the confines of a jail cell.

hadenuf @ 18:

I don't think Bush will be working towards any dems demise. He can't wait to do absolutely nothing. Presidentin' is hard work.

I think you are incorrect, but I also think Rove and Bush cannot prevent the inevitable, a Democratic President. The challenge facing America is that we pick one who has the courage and vision to fix this fuckin mess left by the current war criminals and treasonous trash that have inhabited the White House for the past 7 years.

Very high is this on the scale of diversionary propaganda value.
The real power is held by people unknown to us so there is no cause for celebration.

matt greer @ 19:

I wonder, seriously, if people stopped calling him turdblossom, and started introducing him as a suspect involved in ongoing investigations, and a war criminal, every single time they talked about him, if that would help frame anything. Maybe not, probably not. But maybe. Every time in the next week that a democratic or progressive pundit listens to their GOP counterpart say " like him or not one thing about Karl rove is....." instead of sitting there passively they can scream into their face HE IS one of the architects of the occupationin Iraq!!!!!!! and therefore is answerable to a number of war crimes as defined in the GENEVA CONVENTION!!! Really get an about it. We really need to pick something to get really angry about, and watching a monster, killer, sack of shit human being (quote me oreilly you facetious non-debating agenda pushing pawn you) misreprecharachterized as someone who deserves praise rather than a lifetime in the confines of a jail cell.

Sounds good to me. They all should be tried, convicted, sentenced and hung at the Hague. The line up is rather large.

Lasthorseman @ 21:

Very high is this on the scale of diversionary propaganda value.
The real power is held by people unknown to us so there is no cause for celebration.

Trust me, those people who hold the real power would be frightened by the arm of justice coming crashing down on the visible war criminals who serve as their vassals.

eLMel @ 16:

Who goes next --with the best lame excuse:
"family" "health" "change" "lobby's calling"?
My guess is Condi, whose picture is on every milk carton. What DOES she do?

Condi is a good bet, Gonzo is a good bet. Condi has been MIA for sometime. She is either hiding down in Cheney's spider hole in its undisclosed location, or she is still traveling overseas with a paper bag over her head.

John Edwards' goodbye to Rove:

"Goodbye, good riddance."

And the reason they don’ t like Karl Rove is that his soul focus has been on George Bush.

sole? or is it a play on words?

Top 10 Reasons Karl Rove is Resigning

1. So Gannon can spend more time with his fanny.

2. Lost slap fight with Cheney over who loves George more.

3. A bug was planted in his orifice.

4. To enter a Ken Starr look-alike contest.

5. Become new Defense against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts.

6. Bush Sr. said he can't come over to play any more, is a bad influence.

7. Because who wouldn't want to go to Texas in August?

8. Because George with a trembling lip shouted, "You're not my real Dad!"

9. Because he only has 3 months left, contract with Satan was only for 7 years.

10. To throw more parties like the one in "Eyes Wide Shut".

Damnit, Al Franken didn't steal this line of mine:

"Karl Rove announced today that he is resigning his White House post as George Bush's chief domestic political advisor so that he can spend more time at home lying to and deceiving his family... "

I just can't catch a break.....

:-(

~Nyc

SharedHumanity @ 23:

Lasthorseman @ 21:

Very high is this on the scale of diversionary propaganda value.
The real power is held by people unknown to us so there is no cause for celebration.

Trust me, those people who hold the real power would be frightened by the arm of justice coming crashing down on the visible war criminals who serve as their vassals.

there is a really funny Canadian mockumentary type show calle "trailer park boys" really really hilarious, they commit a lot of small time crime capers, and one of their constant themes is using these 2 idiots they know from the trailer park for Jail bait. As in bringing them along, acting like they are your friends, and when the cops come, leaving them out to dry. Corey and trevor are their names. I think bush would be Trevor.

I'm surprised nobody picked up on this f*****g liar's (Rove) following comment:

At month's end, I will join those whom you meet in your travels. The ordinary Americans who tell you they are praying for you. Like them, I will ask for God's continued gifts of strength and wisdom for you and your work, your vital work for our country and the world, and for the Almighty's continued blessing of our great country.

From Karl Rove's own mouth in the past:

"I’m not fortunate enough to be a person of faith."

I so much want to kick that man's ass. He's toying with all of us.

Anyone taking bets on what Rove is going to do now? I vote spending full time developing smear campaigns against the Dem candidates for president. I'm guessing this is why he quit being the Shrub's NOBB.

I am of the mind that this isn't as nice a feeling as some think it is. He'll be back. This is all about 2008. He's a ferocious political SOB and he's going to try to save the Republican Party. So, despite the behind scenes negativity about him, when push comes to shove and elections draw near, they'll call him. All Democrat contenders and everyone working toward Democratic victories in '08 should be prepared. This ain't over yet.

Ruthless People @ 24:

eLMel @ 16:

Who goes next --with the best lame excuse:
"family" "health" "change" "lobby's calling"?
My guess is Condi, whose picture is on every milk carton. What DOES she do?

Condi is a good bet, Gonzo is a good bet. Condi has been MIA for sometime. She is either hiding down in Cheney's spider hole in its undisclosed location, or she is still traveling overseas with a paper bag over her head.

She must be busy shopping.

w should resign in disgrace.

Here is a protest outside cheney's house in Wyoming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVTuTWe75yA

haha, it actually said turd blossom. i love it.

John Edwards today released the following statement: "Goodbye, good riddance."

I wonder if Bush has one of those "Bush countdown "key chain thingees", like my niece gave to my wife for Christmas.She said it was the best presebt anyone has given to her until I gave her an "Impeach Bush/Cheney"tee shirt.
Whatever ill comes Rove`s way could never be enough for the ill he has caused this country,Iraq, and the world.I pray daily that Cheney is next before he has a chance to talk Dubya into attacking Iran.
But I keep thinking that something else is up. I will not trust these scum bags till they`re frog marched to the pen

Otay @ 30:

Anyone taking bets on what Rove is going to do now? I vote spending full time developing smear campaigns against the Dem candidates for president. I'm guessing this is why he quit being the Shrub's NOBB.

Maybe "spending time with my family" means the Romney family?

Rove is a parasite. He's got to attatch on to someone.

SharedHumanity @ 22:

matt greer @ 19:

I wonder, seriously, if people stopped calling him turdblossom, and started introducing him as a suspect involved in ongoing investigations, and a war criminal, every single time they talked about him, if that would help frame anything. Maybe not, probably not. But maybe. Every time in the next week that a democratic or progressive pundit listens to their GOP counterpart say " like him or not one thing about Karl rove is....." instead of sitting there passively they can scream into their face HE IS one of the architects of the occupationin Iraq!!!!!!! and therefore is answerable to a number of war crimes as defined in the GENEVA CONVENTION!!! Really get an about it. We really need to pick something to get really angry about, and watching a monster, killer, sack of shit human being (quote me oreilly you facetious non-debating agenda pushing pawn you) misreprecharachterized as someone who deserves praise rather than a lifetime in the confines of a jail cell.

Sounds good to me. They all should be tried, convicted, sentenced and hung at the Hague. The line up is rather large.

The difference between Saddam and Cheney/Bush is one ruthless killer could not defend himself from the superior military of the other ruthless killers and as a result was brought to justice at the end of a rope under false pretenses. Whereas the ruthless killers who have the world's mightiest military at their disposal can stay in office to the end of their terms and retire in luxury because no other military on the planet is strong enough to disarm them and the Democrats don't have the will disarm them politically by cutting off war funding. That's pretty much the only difference between Saddam and Cheney/Bush.

cetylovx @ 31:

I am of the mind that this isn't as nice a feeling as some think it is. He'll be back. This is all about 2008. He's a ferocious political SOB and he's going to try to save the Republican Party. So, despite the behind scenes negativity about him, when push comes to shove and elections draw near, they'll call him. All Democrat contenders and everyone working toward Democratic victories in '08 should be prepared. This ain't over yet.

That's kinda what I've been thinking. Of all the democratic frontrunners, Obama would be toast. He's just not up to handling Rove. I believe Rove has been set free to unleash hell on the democrats. The only one with the balls to handle him is the Clinton team. I know you guys hate her. I'm a Clark girl myself. But we're up against pure evil here. Pure evil. Remember that. I would have prefered him to stay in the White House. Then I'd know where the OTHER WHITE MEAT was and what he was doing. Him walking around unobserved makes me nervous.

According to Wikipedia: [Rove] says "I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool."

I would NEVER have guessed!

Pete @ 3:

The democrats have caved in on many issues. Even thou they could have stopped or delayed the laws from being passed. Like that FISA deal. HOW COULD THEY DO THAT?

I honestly dont care. They wont do anything about net neutrality and media ownership. I understand they cant do much about net neutrality or media ownership until they get more voting powers but FISA something could have been done.

Now I dont care. Screw the dems and repubs. I at least look up to the repubs just because they stand up for what there nutcase base believes in.

The real question is WHY DO THEY DO THAT? and it's almost always for earmark deals.

hadenuf @ 32:

Ruthless People @ 24:

eLMel @ 16:

Who goes next --with the best lame excuse:
"family" "health" "change" "lobby's calling"?
My guess is Condi, whose picture is on every milk carton. What DOES she do?

Condi is a good bet, Gonzo is a good bet. Condi has been MIA for sometime. She is either hiding down in Cheney's spider hole in its undisclosed location, or she is still traveling overseas with a paper bag over her head.

She must be busy shopping.

September's upon us, Condi's shopping, George is on another August vacation. All the makings of another terrorist attack.

hadenuf @ 40:

According to Wikipedia: [Rove] says "I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool."

I would NEVER have guessed!

Did it say anything about the guys in gym class making fun of his small pecker?

cetylovx @ 31:

I am of the mind that this isn't as nice a feeling as some think it is. He'll be back. This is all about 2008. He's a ferocious political SOB and he's going to try to save the Republican Party. So, despite the behind scenes negativity about him, when push comes to shove and elections draw near, they'll call him. All Democrat contenders and everyone working toward Democratic victories in '08 should be prepared. This ain't over yet.

Gore V. Bush and Kerry/Edwards vs. Bush prepared them. The Democrats are now well aware of the GOP slime machine they will be up against. If the Democrats loose this one though it is because they somehow manage to pull defeat from the jaws of victory. But then again, they are Democrats and Hillary's nomination may do just that.

why do they call an old man "boy genius"

Ruthless People @ 43:

hadenuf @ 40:

According to Wikipedia: [Rove] says "I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool."

I would NEVER have guessed!

Did it say anything about the guys in gym class making fun of his small pecker?

No, but some "angels" have been smiling on Rove for quite awhile. I'd like to know how he got out of the draft, how his star continued to rise despite an FBI investigation, and how he was able to move into DC circles. How does someone without a college degree even teach college??

1973: Rove leaves school to campaign for chair of the College Republicans and he gets help from a young Lee Atwater, who would later run George H. W. Bush's presidential campaign. The heated campaign splits the College Republicans into warring factions at the national convention where Rove and his team challenge the credentials of delegates who oppose them. Both Rove and his opponent claim victory and the matter is sent to Republican National Committee Chairman George H. W. Bush for resolution. In the meantime, one of Rove's opponents leaks a tape to The Washington Post of a Rove college seminar, in which Rove recounts a tale of dirty tricks. At Bush's request, an FBI agent questions Rove. Atwater signs an affidavit swearing that the dirty tricks story was told only in jest. A GOP investigating committee eventually clears Rove, and he takes the reins of the College Republicans. Politics has become his passion. But because of this, Rove never gets his college degree.

As the College Republicans' chairman in Washington, the 22-year old Rove also performs small tasks for Bush, who is becoming one of his mentors. In November, Bush asks Rove to take a set of car keys to his son George W. Bush, who is visiting home during a break from Harvard Business School. Rove is instantly taken with the young Bush's charisma. The two hit it off.

February/March 2000: Partly due to his fundraising juggernaut, Bush becomes the early favorite to win the Republican Party's presidential nomination. But he faces unexpectedly stiff competition from Arizona Sen. John McCain, a "straight-talking" Vietnam War hero who appeals to moderate Republicans and independents -- and whose campaign is being run by one of Rove's biggest rivals from his Texas days, John Weaver. Rove underestimates McCain's appeal, particularly in a state with open primaries, and is caught off-guard when McCain trounces Bush in the New Hampshire contest. "I think that any almost other campaign would not have survived that defeat. We lost by 19 points," says Republican strategist Mark McKinnon. "Guys that worked with me in that campaign who have worked on other presidential campaigns were literally packing their bags."

Instead, Rove and Bush move on to the South Carolina primary, where they run a much tougher campaign, questioning McCain's commitment to pro-life policies, baiting him into going off message, and co-opting his own image as a reformer. In South Carolina, McCain faces a brutal whispering campaign about his mental health, his wife's admitted battle with a dependency on prescription drugs and whether he had fathered a black child out of wedlock. (The McCains had adopted a Bangladeshi child from Mother Teresa's orphanage.) Bush, whose campaign denies any role in the rumors, wins by a wide margin in South Carolina, and by March, McCain is out of the race.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/rove/cron.html

rove, a tenacious rabid dog whose only talent is the ability to be nastier than anyone else in the room.

cetylovx @ 31:

I am of the mind that this isn't as nice a feeling as some think it is. He'll be back. This is all about 2008. He's a ferocious political SOB and he's going to try to save the Republican Party. So, despite the behind scenes negativity about him, when push comes to shove and elections draw near, they'll call him. All Democrat contenders and everyone working toward Democratic victories in '08 should be prepared. This ain't over yet.

Absofreakinglutely correct . This guy isn't a "family" man. He's the attack strategist for the Dark Side ! He lives, breathes and eats the neo-con manifesto . This is Jason with a butcher knife in his back just before he crashes through the door and grabs you by the throat . He isn't retiring, he's reloading. Watch out .

So, this is what is up with Rove leaving:

1. He will go handle the next Republican nominee for President, so he can go hang out in the White House for another 7 years...

2. This GREATLY strengthens Cheney's position in the WH. The rest of the staff is comparatively unimportant. The Big Players are now:

Bush, Cheney, Gates, Rice, and Gonzo.
Gonzo's a freakin' moron, and will go along with whatever the rest of them cook up, but is important, because of his position.

3. Without Rove around making political calculations, Cheney is now emboldened to really push for a strike at IRAN. This, of course, is utterly suicidal and just plain stupid. But, it's what Darth Cheney wants. I think the only thing standing in the way of Cheney is Gates. Gates barks about Iran, but I think he knows the Army is spent, and we can't afford another disaster. Besides, the Chinese are getting itchy to pull the plug as it is, and I am fairly sure that Gates knows all this and understands the implications. Cheney does too, but he doesn't care. Rice is so bogged down in the middle east and is so incompetent that she has NO idea how to stop Cheney. She has been effectively marginalised.

4. The dems are such a bunch of gutless cowards, the WH doesn't feel especially threatened. The republican leadership in Congress is strong enough to keep discipline, and the Dems, by being a bunch of lily livered idiots, have given them zero incentive to abandon the WH.

PREDICTIONS:

If no major terror strike in the next year: Rove is put on to guide the next Republican candidate. Expect a cruel and ugly battle. Dems will continue to cave, and lose all credibility. If they put Hillary up, the will lose.

If there is a major terror strike: Bush declares martial law, and using his newly defined powers, will suspend elections indefinitely. Americans will grumble, but will be too cowed in their own ignorance and stupidity to resist in any meaningful way. The American Republic, as we have known it, will cease to exist.

wait wait wait...

Rove called himself a "thin, scrawny, little guy"?

sorry... but I recall a clip of him as a Young Republican working for Nixon... and already showing the signs of impending blimpitude... the guy is a mythomaniac... he would love to craft an image of himself that is less loathsome but I recall from that clip he had big sideburns and long-ish hair and the big collar favored by hipsters of that era... and all the redeeming qualities of a corpse-fattened rat who would become a jabba-esque criminal in the future.

Rove and all of the fools bailing from the sinking ship
...wont be going too far.

There are many that will be happy to assist in the supeana process
for ALL of Bush's advisors....

CIA agents, Marines, National Guardsmen, Intelligence Officials,
and United States Attorneys....

Make no mistake.
The Bush Administration cannot suppress the truth any longer.

Olbermann makes me laugh every time

Ruthless People @ 6:

One more for MC Rove…….Hit it!

The bell on the trolley ding, ding, ding!
The phone on the hook goes ring, ring, ring!

Republican scandals!
Who can keep score?

Now it’s Rove’s out the door!
And Leahy’s back for more!
But who’s that on the floor?
Oh, it’s just Vitter with a DC whore!

Snort.
l
@John Amato - Why don't you have a C&L contest for the best rap lyrics for MC Rove?

Did anyone hear someone yell "if he is so smart why did he lose Congress last year" as Rove and Bush left the podium this morning?

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" I always felt about George Bush — that he wanted to win desperately, I’m not sure he really wanted to be president and he’s looking enviously at Karl Rove as he heads back to Texas.”

Of course Bush wanted to be president.

He wanted to ride to Crawford and Kennebunkport in Air Force One. Fuck, man, free plane!!

He wanted to have the Great Seal of the office on his cowboy boots.

He wanted to rub little brother Jeb's nose in his presidential doo-doo.

He wanted to stick it to his Daddy by winning a second term.

He wanted Secret Service agents, trained killers all, standing guard while he takes a piss.

He wanted to work out for 2 hours a day in the WH gym while Cheney and Rove did the heavy lifting for him.

He wanted to command the armed forces he went AWOL from when he was of draft age.

He wanted to set himself up for some great directorships and business deals after he leaves office.

Beats working for a living.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a turdblossom be a mushroom or some other kind of fungi?

MC Boob! Goodbye asshole, I hope you get butt herpes from Ted Haggert's gay-male prostitute (and it spreads to your spinal column)! So what the Hell is next? I'm hoping Obama with a Joe Biden twist? Dog, forgive us for our indiscretions!

jr @ 45:

why do they call an old man "boy genius"

Because they are demented.

Ruthless People @ 43:

hadenuf @ 40:

According to Wikipedia: [Rove] says "I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool."

I would NEVER have guessed!

Did it say anything about the guys in gym class making fun of his small pecker?

Or that he is still a complete nerd who is definitely uncool. Wonder how much he has to shell out
to his old lady just to get laid?

From what I've heard, Condi and Gates are actually the Sanity contingent in the White House, running interference against Cheyney while shrub takes naps. Keep in mind that I'm speaking relatively of course but......

V V

According to Wikipedia: [Rove] says “I was the complete nerd. I had the briefcase. I had the pocket protector. I wore Hush Puppies when they were not cool. I was the thin, scrawny little guy. I was definitely uncool.”

I would NEVER have guessed!

So the Bush presidency has actually been "The Revenge of the Nerds"? I can see that.

Why that fat ass pussy. At least Goebbels had the guts to hunker in the bunker to the bitter end.

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Note to Congress: Don't let this shithead off the hook. A lot of people thought it would be Gonzo stepping down, so Bush could make a recess appointment. So another shoe is dropping than I expected. Rove has ignored a subpeona, so an indictment would seem imminent. Fry his ass and make Bush shamelessly commute another sentence, and remember this Repubs: this is your party, this is your president, you all suck and supported your boy ruining this country. F*ck you all.

Who says Rove is leaving the game? Rove? And you believe him? Forget what he does for a living? He's just changing location, to be more like Cheney: out of the limelight, but still in power. Who's going to check on him now that he's "gone"? It's not goodby. It's on to the the next stage of the takeover.

Good riddance to vicious, vile trash.

End with more lies about Bush. Perfect.

The amazing thing is Rove said those statements at the press conference without breaking into some kind of maniacal laugh, like a character out of a comic book, at being able to say all that absolute crap with a straight face.

"We create our own reality"

You better believe it.

After destroying the entire infrastructure, he departs to Texas only to create more havoc from his cave.

It's actually not too much of a surprise he left. He really wasn't doing much Republican strategizing at the White House. Bush was elected twice or rather ordained by the Supreme Court. So Rove's job was pretty much done.

But anyway, one of Rove's last projects at the White House was to travel around the country to scout out sites for George W's Presidential Museum which will be in Texas. No surprise there. And Rove was going to set up a neo-conservative institute at the library. So basically what Bush is having his cabinet members do in these last remaining months is work on the "Bush Legacy". Yes, Bush is very concerned with how we will be remembered in History. Not how you and I remember because he could care less about what you or I or the Congress thinks. He's going to let history be the judge. He has brought in theologians and historians to give advice on how he could be remembered. Isn't this twisted?

Bush is really a legend in his own mind.

If Rove is a "Deer" friend to Bush, then he better watch out for Cheney and his shotgun.

Heck of job Karl

Scott @ 68:

The amazing thing is Rove said those statements at the press conference without breaking into some kind of maniacal laugh, like a character out of a comic book, at being able to say all that absolute crap with a straight face.

"We create our own reality"

You better believe it.

And Rove is entitled to "THE math."

"George Bush is counting the minutes till he gets out of town. I always felt about George Bush — that he wanted to win desperately, I’m not sure he really wanted to be president and he’s looking enviously at Karl Rove as he heads back to Texas.”

He can resign at ANY time.

SharedHumanity @ 12:

And every loyal Americans responsiblity is to make George's last 17 months in Washington a living hell on earth. We need to torture him with the disrespect that he so richly deserves. May he forever be haunted by the our utter contempt.

Yes. Impeachment is impossible and, similarly, bringing Bush up on War Crimes charges at the Hague isn't going to happen. But what we can do is turn our backs, and shun the prick. Not just for the next 17 months - for the rest of his fucking life. Make him a prisoner of that god-damned ranch.

That, we can do.

jhseattle

[...] Keith Olbermann gives his insights into the matter (via Crooks and Liars). The  I-want-to-spend-more-time-with-my-family line is as old as the hills and not the primary reason he is leaving. Yes, he is going to write a book lauding the Bush administration. I wonder if he’ll be on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart when he promotes it. I can only wish. [...]

My guess is that he's on the madam's list.

I feel our White House will need to be sanitized from top to bottom after this group finally leaves.

Sad thing is they leave behind a Supreme Court that continues to gradually chip away at rights, especially those of women.

In my field (Healthcare) we think Turd Blossom is a perfect name as he has the FOS Syndrome anyway (Full of SH--!)

Just Me @ 29:

I'm surprised nobody picked up on this f*****g liar's (Rove) following comment:

At month's end, I will join those whom you meet in your travels. The ordinary Americans who tell you they are praying for you. Like them, I will ask for God's continued gifts of strength and wisdom for you and your work, your vital work for our country and the world, and for the Almighty's continued blessing of our great country.

From Karl Rove's own mouth in the past:

"I’m not fortunate enough to be a person of faith."

I so much want to kick that man's ass. He's toying with all of us.

Patriotism: the last refuge of a scoundrel.

Religion: the first refuge of a scoundrel.

WF @ 63:

Why that fat ass pussy. At least Goebbels had the guts to hunker in the bunker to the bitter end.

Actually I believe Goebbels lined his children up and gave them poison, then took it himself. Most of the 3rd Reich architects seem to have killed themselves out of cowardice.

JamesL @ 66:

Who says Rove is leaving the game? Rove? And you believe him? Forget what he does for a living? He's just changing location, to be more like Cheney: out of the limelight, but still in power. Who's going to check on him now that he's "gone"? It's not goodby. It's on to the the next stage of the takeover.

He's leaving with a Congressional Subpoena over his head, if I'm not mistaken. He thinks that if he's no longer a member of the White House Staff he can't be questioned about his role in a myriad of illegal activities.

Of course as long as our Congress continues their flaccid inability to execute the provisions of the law he will get away with it, with impunity.

Fineman doesn't think the Democratic Congress will go after bush's tax cuts for the ultra rich?????
So the Democrats will just sit by and watch the economy slide into the ocean?
This needs to be a Jan. 2009 priority.
He might mean THIS CONGRESS when he makes that statement (too many DINOS.)

And the reason they don’ t like Karl Rove is that his soul focus has been on George Bush.

At first I thought this should be SOLE focus...

but then I remembered how much Bush & Rove love each other, so...

And I'm sorry, Texas. Usually I don't like anything about you - having Rove though constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. I actually feel a pang of pity for Texas this morning - but not much.

what's wrong with this fu...g country. crooks, bold crooks are in charge and the american people do nothing. bush puts his arm around this architect of evil and calls him a dear friend. why are not the american people up in arms over the evil this administration has wrought. they have literally destroyed this country. i don't know whether the evil they have orchestrated will or can ever be corrected. and all the while the american people stand by and watch and believe in them. how many scandals have they perpetrated? how long have they taken the good will of the american people for granted and thus they feel free to do as they please. they do this with impudence. wake up amerca before it's too late. don't look for the dems to be your savior. they have shown all along that they have no spirit to take on the fight.

Their predictions about a republican victory in 2008 will most likley turn out the be true.

To many good-ol'-boys do the voting while the progressive thinkers out there sit in their easy chair durring elections.

The only democrat who democrats who have a chance to win over the "good-ol'-boys" would be Obama or Edwards. And most of the "good-ol'-boys" will get hung up on Obama being black.

If the dems win in 08, I will shit a brick.

When they call rove bush's "brain" we look at this country and see that he sure as hell wasn't much of a brain.

You people are kind of making me laugh. "Evil Genius"..."Political Mastermind", and so forth. Turd Blossom's ilk exists in every low rent sales organization in the country, from squads of vacuum cleaner salesmen and people pulling the speaker scam to the used car lot....slimy little manipulators who know a trick or two (like scare people and then paint your guy as a masculine daddy figure, while spreading lies that paint his opponent as weak and French) about pushing peoples buttons. Do you know that he was actually running a telemarketing call bank prior to his political career.

The only difference between him and your typical used car salesman is that he was empowered by Bushco (no respectable leader would have such a high tolerance for sleaze) to practice on a macro level instead of banging on doors in a trailer park......

The thing also is that once you figure out the couple of simplistic little tricks of these types, they don't have too much power anymore.

V V

Liked the Turd Blossum reference. Also like Keith's comment about fiction. There is no limit to Rove's dishonesty and manipulativeness. When I look at him I see one of the faces of evil. I Think he's off to help the next neocon stooge and to engineer the rigging/theft of the next election (assuming Bush doesn't declare martial law under some pretext and cancel the election).

I do agree with his assessment of Hillary being fatally flawed. But the flaw as I see it is that she is a corporatist neocon-lite who would do better running as a Republican. I'll never trust her and will not vote for any ticket that includes her.

Oh there's a movie that is also being releasd for Xmas09 "What a Delusional Life"

Papa Bush via SCOTUS put Dubya in office! Daddy was on the phone for days calling in every marker known to man. And little Jebbie and his FL friends helped too. NOT Karl Rove.

I’m not sure he really wanted to be president

No, but he really likes all the Preznitial swag that comes along with the job.

i didn't know rove thought that working for bush would be 'exhilirating' and a 'joy.' and i didn't know that 'joy' and 'exhiliration' would leave you with a bad complexion, a receding hairline and a sour disposition-i thought stress, anxiety and losing did that! HA! silly me!

Karl shows teary eyes and asks for God's strength? What a joke! The cold, calculating "Bush's Brain" is only sad because he needs to run from the mess he has created...and has been caught in so many lies. However, I am sure that his cell phone has a direct connection to Bush's red telephone and he will continue to direct his insanity until Bush heads off to Crawford for good.

Chimpy can't wait to return to Texas???

Christ, the same can be said for about 150 million of us.

@ 42:

September’s upon us, Condi’s shopping, George is on another August vacation. All the makings of another terrorist attack.

You mean another Reichstag Fire??????????

that @ 14:

I hope Rove is as wrong about Hillary's nomination as he was on the results of the 2006 election.

One only has to listen to Hillary's empty rhetoric to know she's not going to change this country for the better. She got bought out. I've had enough presidents who don't give a shit what the people think.

Rove and Republicans DESPERATELY WANT Hillary to be the
Democratic Nominee. They're just about wetting their pants in anticipation of
campaigning against Hillary in 2008.

as the saying goes...you can't polish a turd.

Sadly, Fineman's comment about Bush and Rove "winning" is largely correct. During their presidency they enriched their constituents with huge tax cuts, and . . . nothing else really matters to these men.

Howard assessment of the White House and the lame duck presidency is absolutely CORRECT...... Bush Administrations only agenda from now until the end of the Presidential term would be to keep the stonewall from crumbling and the Rot-Iron Gate locked from any foreseeable criminal investigations. He has a few soldiers left on guard. Alberto Gonzales and his judicial nominees. The republicans are no where to be seen while his top dog ROVE does his exit. Cheney himself is too busy shredding documents and destroying evidences, making backdoor deals before the big storm. Murdock is getting ready to control the print media. It has been relatively silent out there. Nancy Pelosi has the Impeachment keys under lock and control. Hundreds of laws signed by the decider is set for martial laws and dictatorial system. Ready to be implemented when he determines the nation is under "emergency".

August is coming to an end and September is coming to ahead. Anti-War Movement is organizing a major protest. Main-stream media has been silent. Protest must remain peaceful and disaster should be prevented or the president wil declare the nation under "EMERGENCY" and will attempt to declare a MARTIAL LAW. This will be the beginning of a dictatorship.

If DHS director Chertoff's gut feeling is correct, a major catastrophe may happen before November 2007. (An inside job may have to be implemented to make this a reality).

Bush doesn't want to leave ....I'm sure "something" will happen before the next elections and the monkey in the White House will stay there for a long time ...& behind the little monkey is the Bush crime family and for them..... POWER is very important ! , wake up..
we have now in USA an American Style Dictatorship !

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